The Air Canada enRoute Film Festival was an annual
film festival of
short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
s hosted by
Air Canada and its in-flight magazine ''
enRoute''. Films are shown as
in-flight entertainment
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as well as screened theatrically in
Toronto
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,
Montreal
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and
Vancouver
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.
Background
The festival began in 2007.
[enRoute , enRoute Student Film Festival 2007]
/ref> The festival had a different jury each year consisting of film industry professionals including famous actors, writers, directors and producers. The festival's purpose was to generate exposure for emerging filmmakers. The last year the festival was in place was 2016.
2007
2007 Jury: Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan m ...
, Piers Handling, Robert Lantos
Robert Lantos, Order of Canada, CM (born 3 April 1949) is a Hungarian-Canadian film producer.
Life and career
Lantos was born on 3 April 1949 in Budapest, the son of Ágnes (Bodor) and László Lantos, a mechanic and truck company owner. Lantos ...
, Donald Sutherland, Denise Robert, Patrick Huard, David La Haye, Torill Kove, Paul Gratton, Geoff Pevere and Hussain Amarshi.
2008
2008 Jury: Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( ; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1979). During his tenure on ''SNL'' ...
, Wendy Crewson
Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film '' The Doctor''.
Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, inc ...
, Colm Feore
Colm Joseph Feore (; born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries '' Trudeau'' (2002), his portrayal of G ...
, Arsinée Khanjian
Arsinée Khanjian (Western Armenian: Արսինէ Խանճեան, Eastern Armenian: Արսինե Խանջյան; born 6 September 1958) is an Armenian-Canadian actress and activist. She is widely known for her collaborations with her husband, fi ...
, Andrea Martin, Patricia Rozema
Patricia Rozema (born 20 August 1958) is a Canadian film director, writer and producer. She was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave.
Early life
Rozema was born in King ...
, Rob Stewart, Yves Simoneau and Noah Cowan.
2008 Award Winners:
* Best Student Film - Jacquelyn Mills
Jacquelyn Mills is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her films '' In the Waves'' and ''Geographies of Solitude''.
Early life
Mills was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Career
In 2008, Mills' short film, ''For Wendy'', won 5 ...
- ''For Wendy''
* Achievement in Animation - Eva Cvijanovic - ''Play''
* Achievement in Direction - Brandon Cronenberg and Jonathan Hodgson -'' Broken Tulips''
* Achievement in Cinematography - Benjamin Schuetze - ''Damian and Ende''
* Cineplex
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Cineplex most commonly refers to:
* Cineplex Entertainment, a Canadian entertainment company based in Toronto, Ontario.
Cineplex may also ...
People's Choice Award - Sébastien Rist and Sarah Quinn - ''This Little Piggy''
2009
In 2009, the festival opened up submissions to more than just film students, changing the aim of the festival to emerging filmmakers.
2009 jury: Remy Girard
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* Remy, Oise, northern France
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* 14683 Remy, an asteroid
* Pon ...
, Judy Gladstone, Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta, (; born 1 January 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2005 ...
, Lisa Ray, and Michael McGowan.
2009 Award Winners:
* Best Short Film - Sarah Fortin for ''Synthétiseur''
* Achievement in Direction - Sarah Fortin for ''Synthétiseur''
* Achievement in Cinematography - Leigh Ann Maynard for ''A Season to Wither''
* Achievement in Animation - Leigh Ann Maynard for ''A Season to Wither''
* Best Documentary- Jake Chirico for ''The Freshwater Plague''
2010
2010 Jury: Alan Cumming
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, Carlo Rota
Carlo Dante Rota (born 17 April 1961) is a British-born Canadian actor. He has appeared in ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'' and as systems analyst Morris O'Brian on the Fox series '' 24''. He also co-starred as Emilio Solano in ''Jane the Virg ...
, Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve (; born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a four-time recipient of the Canadian Screen Award (formerly Genie Award) for Best Direction, winning for '' Maelström'' in 2001, '' Polytechnique'' in 2009, ''Incendies ...
, Jason Priestley, Jeremy Podeswa, Kari Skogland, Sheila McCarthy.
2010 Winners:
* Best Short Film - Adam Shamash - La Khaima - ''The Tent of Mile-End''
* Achievement in Direction - Adam Shamash - ''La Khaima: The Tent of Mile-End''
* Achievement in Cinematography - Shervin Kermani and Aita Jason - ''Sofia''
* Achievement in Animation - King Mugabi - ''Red Snow''
Awards were presented October 13 at the Drake Hotel.
2011
2011 Jury: Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (; hy, Աթոմ Եղոյեան, translit=Atom Yeghoyan; born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. Egoyan m ...
, Don Carmody
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Born in Rhode Island and raised in Montreal, he earned a BA in communication studies from Loyola College, one of Concordia University's founding in ...
, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Molly Parker, Jean-Marc Vallée.
2011 Winners:
* Best Short Film - Miles Jay and Orlee-Rose Strauss, ''Blink''
* Achievement in Direction - Miles Jay - ''Blink''
* Achievement in Animation - Timothy Chan - ''A Starry Night A Starry Night''
* Achievement in Cinematography - ''Rhonda's Party''
2012
2012 Jury: Jay Baruchel, Niv Fichman
Niv Fichman ( he, ניב פיכמן; born 1958) is an Israeli Canadian, Israeli-Canadian film producer, actor and director.
Some of the films he has produced include ''Passchendaele (film), Passchendaele'', ''Blindness (2008 film), Blindness'', ...
, Mary Harron, Alison Pill
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, Gordon Pinsent, Callum Keith Rennie, Saul Rubinek, Jacob Tierney
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and Karine Vanasse.
2013
2013 Jury: Suzanne Clément, Enrico Colantoni, Wendy Crewson
Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film '' The Doctor''.
Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, inc ...
, Sarah Gadon, Evan Goldberg
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, Martin Katz, Michael McGowan, Chloé Robichaud.
2013 Winners:
* Best Short Film - Andrew Moir, '' Just As I Remember''
* Achievement in Direction - Sophie Jarvis, ''The Worst Day Ever''
* Achievement in Cinematography - Roman Tchjen and Vaishni Majoomdar, ''Walk the Moon''
* Achievement in Animation - Eileen Peng, ''Godfather Death''
2014
2014 Jury: Don McKellar, Louise Archambault, Jennifer Baichwal
Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer.
Biography
Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. , Luc Déry Luc Déry is a French Canadian film producer. He was co-founder of the Montreal-based production company micro_scope, with Kim McCraw.
He is from Hull (Gatineau), Quebec, and studied film at the University of Montreal and arts management at York U ...
, Michael Fukushima, Guy Maddin
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, Gia Milani, Andrew Moir, Jennifer Podemski, Laura Vandervoort.
2014 Winners
* Best Short Film - Yassmina Karajah, David Findlay, Jenna Hambrook and Benjamin Houde-Hostland, ''Light''
* Achievement in Direction - Yassmina Karajah, ''Light''
* Achievement in Cinematography - Alfonso Herrera Salcedo, ''Les enfants sauvages''
* Achievement in Animation - Raquel Sancinetti, ''Cycle''
* Achievement in Documentary - Russell Ratt-Brascoupe, ''The Hearing''
* People's Choice Award - Michaela Kurimsky and Leanna Kruse, ''Alouette''
2015
2015 Jury: Tatiana Maslany, John Galway, François Girard
François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, ''Car ...
, Sophie Desmarais
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Career
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, Yassmina Karajah, Ron Mann, Ruba Nadda, Catherine O'Hara
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, Julie Roy
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Early li ...]
2015 Winners
*Best Short Film – Caitlin Durlak, ''Persistence of Vision''
*Achievement in Direction – Kevin Landry, ''(A)LONE''
*Achievement in Cinematography – Haya Waseem and Christopher Lew, ''Familiar''
*Achievement in Animation – Catherine Dubeau, ''Kaleidoscope''
*Achievement in Documentary – Taylor Gordon and Nigil Vazquez, ''I'm Still Embarrassed''
*People's Choice Award – Kristina Mileska and Andy Kloske, ''Asteroid''
2016
2016 Jury: Patricia Rozema
Patricia Rozema (born 20 August 1958) is a Canadian film director, writer and producer. She was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave.
Early life
Rozema was born in King ...
, Jennifer Baichwal
Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer.
Biography
Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. , Stephen Dunn
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, Caitlin Durlak, Sarah Gadon, Chris Landreth
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, Jason Priestley and Karine VanasseTrevor Mack
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and Matthew Taylor Blais, ''Clouds of Autumn''
*Achievement in Animation - Hands on Deck, ''Feathers''
*Achievement in Documentary - Derrick O'Toole, PC Barfoot and Leila Almawy, ''The Constant Refugee''
*People's Choice Award - Fiona Cleary and Justin MacDonald, ''Breath of Life''
References
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Short film festivals in Canada
Air Canada
Film festivals established in 2007